History

In 1995, the Alabama Legislature passed Act 95-313 mandating that 10 minutes of character education be taught daily in every K-12 classroom. The legislation provided a list of 25 character traits to be taught, but no funding was provided. 

 

In 2000, Character@HEART was founded as a non-profit organization to train and equip teachers and parents to teach good character and manners to their children.  Since then, we have built the community, school, and home partnerships in Montgomery and 18 other counties and 135 schools needed to move those 25 character traits off a piece of paper or the school marquee and into the heart of each child.

 

Character@HEART’s Commitment

 

We are committed to helping every child, regardless of their social or economic status, develop the good character they will need to succeed in life.    To fulfill that commitment, it is our overall goal to work with communities, schools and parents to achieve “system wide” implementation of outstanding character education programs.